chief saturday

[andy dainsberg]

aaron and malcom joined us regs and fast eddie 2day up to chief in ojs rig. strong launch cycles w/ east predicted and a nice spread. got cooled off a little over/and a ways back of chief peak topping out just over 9000. an ok W glide started at nearly 40mph heading 2 nordhoff peak. decided 2 bail to the hs in the low 6s in back of the pyramid, as the low ground looked like it was not working well and a possible hikeout @ whiteledge in triple digs seemed a tad daunting w/ less than 12 gallons of h20 and a mule. pilots reported conditions being about as strong as chief gets today. in the core of the stronger drifters near c.peak tho, it seemed a'smooth.

[cortf]

Glad you guys had a good time, thanks for the invite, but I was already booked for the Marshall shuttle. Had a good flight there too...I wanted to break 10K, but topped at 9975...a couple of the hang gliders got to 15K !!